Trade Negotiations, tariffs, China tariffs, import from China

Summit Delay Request Many refer to the current trade deal with China as a trade truce. Shippers would be forgiven for thinking of it as tenuous after the tension of escalating tariffs of trade [...]

The two things shippers seem to want to know the most about in light of the Supreme Court’s recent tariff decision is what will happen with tariffs moving forward and what about refunds. [...]

2025 is drawing to a close, and that means it’s time to look back at the Top 10 Universal Cargo blog posts of the year! It’s always a fun exercise to count down the top 10 – David [...]

Universal Cargo’s blog was going to publish a guest post today, but then big international shipping news hit late last night/early this morning. President Trump and President Xi JinPing [...]

Air Freight Surge A couple weeks ago, the trade war between the U.S. and China escalated. China announced export controls expansions and President Trump responded with a threat of increasing [...]

Last week, the U.S.–China trade war, which has seemed pretty tranquil of late, escalated. China Expands Export Controls on Rare Earths On Thursday (October 9th), Beijing announced new measures to [...]

As September wraps up and we head into October, President Trump announced new tariff escalations, with some to go into effect in October. I’m dubbing it Octariffest. It’s not as fun [...]

Today, August 12th, was the deadline for the tariff pause between the U.S. and China. Without a new deal or extension, tariffs between the countries were set to soar back to embargo-like numbers: [...]

President Trump's latest round of tariff hikes go into effect this week, on August 7th. In this post, we round up all the new tariff rates on U.S. imports by country (ordered alphabetically). [...]

Last week, we looked at three potential trade deals: one likely, one unlikely, and one iffy to happen before the August 1st tariff hike deadline. India came in as the likely deal to happen. Less [...]

I’m on a little vacation this week, so there won’t be the normal Tuesday and Thursday Universal Cargo blog. Don’t worry. The Universal Cargo team is still here to take care of [...]

Trans-Pacific freight rates, particularly from China to the U.S. West Coast (USWC), fell significantly this week. In fact, some reports show China to USWC freight rates dropped by about a third [...]

Universal Cargo's blog post on Tuesday was about what's happening with America's trade deal negotiations with China and India. Apparently, that post came one day too early. Yesterday morning, [...]

This year, tariff changes have been a major thing to deal with for businesspeople who import goods from Asia. Many are hoping for the Trump Administration to complete trade deals soon to bring [...]

Two federal court rulings in two days decided against President Trump having the power to enact his "Liberation Day" tariffs, including the 10% baseline tariff he has placed on imports from other [...]

Is it just politics? Grandstanding? Or could a lawsuit heard yesterday by the Court of International Trade actually interrupt the Trump Administration's tariffs? An even dozen states – Arizona, [...]

In the wake of surging shipping demand from China to the U.S., Chinese ports are experiencing congestion. That should push transpacific freight rates, which are already climbing fast, to go even [...]

SHIPPER ALERT: The Trump Administration is dropping tariffs on Chinese goods by more than 100% for 90 days of negotiation. In fact, reciprocal tariffs between the U.S. and China are dropping to [...]

The Trump Administration announced the first big trade deal in the wake of its reciprocal tariffs and their 90-day pause for trade negotiations. The deal is with the UK. The framework for the [...]

Warning: there are tempting deals offered to importers right now that might look good for businesses' bottom lines but could result in serious legal trouble. Find out all about it in Universal [...]